Heritage Building Ravaged By Fire To Be Torn Down

By News Staff

Posted January 4, 2011 6:24 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

There’s no chance of saving a historic Yonge Street building gutted by fire, as officials announced it will have to be torn down.

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